Ted Daeschler @ Science on Tap 7/13, National Mechanics 6pm

[ July 13, 2009; 6:00 pm; ] Ted Daeschler, curator of vertebrate zoology at the Academy of Natural Science and co-discoverer of Tiktaalik, will present this month at Science on Tap at National Mechanics. I went to last month’s show and I must say that it is a great venue (which could benefit from a riser for the speaker, a box, something!). [...]

Aldrin Buzzes into Town 67/21, 7:30 at The Free Library of Philadelphia

[ July 21, 2009; 7:30 pm; ] He’s the second man on the Moon, but the first guy you don’t want to accuse of faking the moon landings. He’s Buzz Aldrin, and he’ll be at the Free Library’s Central branch to hawk his new book Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon

The deets:

Tuesday, July 21, 2009 [...]

“The End of the Line” — Overfishing Documentary at the Academy of Natural Sciences (6/16. 6:30PM)

[ June 16, 2009; 6:30 pm; ] The Academy of Natural Sciences announced to today that they’ll be premiering locally “The End of The Line,” a new documentary on the perils of overfishing on Tuesday, June 16. The event is free. Reservations not required.

Fresh from its world premiere at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, “The End of the Line” depicts overfishing, [...]

Earth Days at the Academy of Natural Sciences (April 18, 23)

[ April 18, 2009; April 23, 2009; 6:30 pm; ] What you might not realize is that the Academy of Natural Sciences is more just a neat old building full of dead things, it is also the home of thePatrick Center for Environmental Research, one of the world’s first centers of applied ecology. So, when I tell you that the Academy has a bunch of [...]

Energy Choices for the Home, a panel discussion (Schuylkill Center, 6:30pm)

[ April 2, 2009; 6:30 pm; ] Here’s something to keep an eye on…The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education is running a series of evening panel discussions called the Citizen Science Program, which are free and open to the public (i.e., you).

There’s an interesting one next week for those of you with drafty domiciles (i.e., me). Receptions start at 6:30PM and [...]

Teaching Darwin in Elementary School (Academy of Natural Sciences, March 30, 6 pm)

[ March 30, 2009; 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] This is timely, considering the nonsense that just popped up (and justifiably beaten down) in Texas . The Academy of Natural Science’s Town Hall series takes a look on how we are teaching our children about evolution.

Teaching Darwin in Elementary School
Monday, March 30, 6:30-8:30 pm

* Kathleen Fadigan, Ed.D.; Assistant [...]

The Secret Cinema presents rare science films (3/14, 7:30pm FREE!)

[ March 14, 2009; 7:30 pm; ] A number of folks forwarded the following (and I thank them all):

The Secret Cinema presents early science films in
historic setting for Media, Pa.’s Second Saturday

Saturday, March 14
7:30 pm
Admission: FREE

Delaware County Institute of Science
11 Veterans Square, Media, Pa.
610-566-5126

The Secret Cinema will bring its roving film projectors to Media, Pennsylvania on Saturday, March 14, to present a [...]